Primary Schools

We make it possible for children to explore the world of work with fun, inspiring role models.

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Secondary Schools and Colleges

With us, students can meet people in diverse jobs, feed their motivation, and see how school subjects connect to careers.

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Volunteers

Your career journey is unique and your experience invaluable. Share your story and see the immediate impact on children. It's wonderful.

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Employers

You can make a huge difference to students' future careers - and at scale - there are lots of ways to get involved.

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What we do


See what Inspiring the Future is all about in this short video.

Inspiring aviation

We’re sparking curiosity about aviation through hands-on events and immersive activities, linking young people with industry professionals to explore a range of careers.

Why it works

It's research based

Our many research studies show the impact of young people chatting – and quizzing – a variety of workplace volunteers:

Broadens and raises their aspirations.

Excites them about subjects – which increases their motivation to learn.

Breaks down stereotypes about who can do what job.

Reduces their likelihood of Not being in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

Plus increasing earning potential and more.

It’s a simple idea of bringing schools and companies together, that’s got a lot of complex thinking, software, research and hard work behind it.

Nick Chambers, Founder and CEO

Over the last 15+ years over 85% of secondary schools and 35% of primary schools have signed up to Inspiring The Future.

4,750,000 +

interactions to date between workplace volunteers and young people to inspire and educate them on the world of careers out there.

Working with

Home Office
NHS
Federation of Small Businesses
DFE
EMCOR
BIS
Sainsbury’s
Standard Chartered
ACCA
City and Guilds
ITV
OECD
Sky
APM
Pepsico
The Dulverton Trust
Cognizant
JP Morgan
Cabinet Office
BBC
Dept for Transport
British Chambers of Commerce
Aviation Skills Partnership
Compass Group
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Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Virgin Media
RAF
Amazon Web Services
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Institute of Directors
Maritime UK
General Electric
NAS
Edge Foundation
CIOL
Balfour Beatty
QEST
Allen Overy
TFL
Salesforce
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Meta
DWP
Future Talent Learning
MITIE
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WorldSkills UK
Deutsche Bank
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
CMI
Slaughter and May
HMRC
Bank of America
HM Treasury
bam
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
PWC
UK Theatre / SOLT
NAHT
Centrica
GCHQ
Sheffield Hallam University
Ministry of Justice
GLA
Capita
WPP
UCL Institute of Education
ARUP
Associations of Colleges
HP
American Express
STEM Learning
Serco
CIMA
Dechert
PiXL
Experian
Recruitment and Employment Confederation
The Careers and Enterprise Company
ASCL
Santander
HM Civil Service
BT
Kent County Council
Capgemini
Boots
East Sussex County Council
Trades Union Congress
The Royal Warrant Holders Association
Deloitte
Business Growth Fund
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Tesco
Aston Martin
Google
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Cilex
British Gas
Barclays
TES
CIOB
Ordnance Survey
Brompton Bicycles
AKO